A bar? You will find a choice of bars in the Palace of Westminster. They have never been subjected to the licensing restrictions necessary to keep the hoi polloi in their place. Time to end happy hour, I think.

Can’t remember if it was posted on Boing Boing but I seem to remember a kerfuffle over this bar serving some kind of beer that had a sexist kind of cheesecakey tap handle which grated some of the women politicians and patrons.

Particularly since the MP expenses fraud cases of the last few years, it’s clear that our UK politicians have a rate of criminal convictions significantly higher than the average population. I think it’s time to bring in some tough but fair measures against this section of society, such as increased surveillance and close examination of personal finances.

I have no doubt that the majority of our politicians are decent and hard-working folk with nothing to fear from these measures, and they will all be happy to accept this tiny loss of privacy for the good of society.

The criminals were caught which proves the system works. Clearly self-regulation for everybody in all areas is the way to go, in working practices and financial affairs, for airline pilots and surgeons, the police and car mechanics, dentists, lawyers and shop assistants.